Labor Report: August 31, 2009

Headlines:

* Mercury Marine refuses second contract vote; Moves forward with plan to move jobs to non-union plant
* AFCSME Wraps Highway to Health Care Road Tour
* Despite recession Silicon Valley continues to lead for IT

Labor Report: August 28, 2009

Headlines:

* A Million And A Half U.S. Workers Will Exhaust Unemployment Benefits By Year's End
* UAW Says Toyota's Closing Of NUMMI Auto Plant Is Devastating News For Thousands Of Workers
* Labor Contract Talks Are Underway At John Deere & Company
* Carpenters Union Donated Labor Rebuilds New Orleans Fire Stations

Labor Report: August 27, 2009

Headlines:

* Working Families Lose A Champion As Nation Mourns Sen. Ted Kennedy's Passing
* California Nurses Association Says Disturbing Number Of U.S. Hospitals Aren't Ready For Swine Flu
* U.S. Postal Service Tries To "Buy Out" 30,000 Workers
* Carribbean Refinery Closes, Idling A Thousand Workers
* Economic Report: Are Workers Who Do Leisure Web Browsing At Work More Productive?

WIN Labor News August 26, 2009

Headlines:

* Recession's Effects Will Impact Workers Through 2014
* Reduced Revenue Forces Nineteen States To Consider Worker Furloughs
* French Government Attempts To Mediate Labor Dispute WIth U.S.-Based Company
* Economic Report: U.S. Consumer Confidence Surge In August

WIN Labor News August 25, 2009

Headlines:

* IAM Members At Mercury Marine Resist Concession Demands
* UAW Says Cash For Clunkers Worked For Both The Environment And Auto Industry
* Toyota Decision On Former Joint Venture Plant Expected Soon
* Nurses Unions Merge To Launch National Nurses United
* Economic Report: Have Rich Stopped Getting Richer?

Labor Report: August 24, 2009

Headlines:

* Unemployment for women remains at the highest point in years
* AT&T Faces Age Discrimination Lawsuit
* Workplace Fatalities Down in 2008, but Workplace Suicides Up
* Cintas Settles with Delivery Drivers

Labor Report August 21, 2009

Headlines:
Fate of Toyota's Only Unionized Plant Hangs in the Balance
"Cash for Clunkers" has Car Companies Recalling Some Laid-Off Workers
AFL-CIO President Visits Dirty Car Wash
Beetle Assemblers Walk-Off the Job in Mexico

Labor Report: August 20, 2009

Headlines:
LA Taxi Drivers Call for a Re-Haul of the Franchise System
Worker Furloughs in Maryland's Prince George's County Ruled Unconstitutional

Labor Report: August 19, 2009

Headlines:
Workers at Wellsville Manor Care Center Ratify First Union Contract
Unemployed Workers Taking Advantage of COBRA Subsidy
Recycling Workers at Oregon University Join Union

Labor Report: August 18, 2009

Headlines:
California state workers continue furloughs, while Assembly staffers get raises
Bank of America settles Countrywide class action lawsuit
Health care debate hasn't distracted labor from EFCA fight
BART workers won't strike

Labor Report: August 14, 2009

Headlines:

* Trumka: "Don’t you dare ask us for our support next year"
* IAM Looks Ahead Toward Election After Northwest/Delta Merger
* Long Island City Factory Accused of Being Sweatshop
* Bankruptcy Filings Jump by 35-Percent

Labor Report: August 13, 2009

Headlines:
Kaiser Permanente Slashes Jobs In Response to a Loss of 36,000 Subscribers
Young: "...the problem is the insurance companies"
NYC Subways Will Continue to Have Two Operators
Economic Report: Economic Upturn Won't Mean Better Employer-Employee Communication

Labor Report: August 12, 2009

Headlines:

* AARP Ramps Up Battle Against Health Care Reform Misinformation
* McCaskill: Tort Reform "hasn't worked to bring down health care costs."
* More Pennsylvania State Workers Laid Off as Budget Battle Slogs On

Labor Report: August 11, 2009

Headlines:

* Could fall out from September 11 attacks be responsible for immune system cancer in some workers?
* Valero slapped with class action lawsuit
* Workers at Valero refinery reject union representation
* New Hampshire gives workers extra protection from mass layoffs and plant closures
* Detroit seeks wage cuts from employees as city faces bankruptcy
* 300 New Jersey nursing home workers end strike against Omni

Labor Report: August 10, 2009

Headlines:

Is there trouble in the House of Mouse?
City of Seattle considers furloughs for workers
Is Congress gutting the public option in health care reform?
Delta looks at more mangerial lay-offs

WIN Labor News August 7, 2009

Headlines:

* AFL-CIO Waging Intensive Grassroots Health Care Reform Campaign
* United Steel Workers Union Pulls Out Of Petroleum Industry Safety Talks
* Thirty-Two Thousand CWA Workers At AT&T Could Hit Picket Lines
* UK Postal Workers Striking Over Job And Wage Cuts
* Economic Report: Facebook’s Impact On Worker Productivity

WIN Labor News August 6, 2009

Headlines:

* Labor Joins Illinois Government, Employers In Helmets To Hardhats Agreement With Army Reserve And National Guard
* Pennsylvania State Workers Will Get Their Paychecks After All During Budget Standoff
* 9/11 First Responders Continued To Report Health Problems For Six Years After Attacks
* Economic Report: July Jobs Losses Down 100,000 From June

WIN Labor News August 5, 2009

Headlines:

* Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin Will Bring Up Single Payer Health reform In An Amendment
* Postal Workers Oppose Senate Bill That Threatens 39 Years Of Collective Bargaining Gains
* Wal-Mart Sues UFCW in Canada Over Wal-Mart Workers Organizing Web Site

Labor Report August 4, 2009

Headlines:

* "Astroturf" Groups Disrupt National Dialog on Health Care Reform
* Some Idled General Motors Workers in Ohio Get Back to Work
* Economic Report: 45 percent of women skip cancer screening due to prohibitive costs